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German Lutheran clergy (1682–1719)

Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (24 June 1683 – 23 February 1719) was a member of the Lutheranclergy and the first Pietistmissionary to India.

Early life

Ziegenbalg was born in Pulsnitz, Saxony, on 24 July 1683 in a devout Christian family. His father Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg Sr. (1640–1694), was a grain merchant, and his mother was Maria née Brückner (1646–1692).

Through his father he was related to the sculptor Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel, and through his mother's side to the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte.

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He showed an aptitude for music at an early age. He studied at the University of Halle under the teaching of August Hermann Francke, then the center of PietisticLutheranism. Under the patronage of King Frederick IV of Denmark, Ziegenbalg, along with his fellow student, Heinrich Plütschau, became the first Protestantmissionaries to India.

They arrived at the Danish colony of Tranquebar on 9 July 1706.

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